Ukrainian surrogates and their babies have no choice but to stay in a makeshift basement bomb shelter in Kyiv with the Russian troops continuing their military offensive in the capital city.
Ukraine is second to the United States as a popular destination for surrogacy. But with Russia invading Ukraine, Ukrainian surrogates refused to leave the country against the wishes of their clients.
Ukrainian surrogates who have fled to neighboring countries because of the Russian invasion are being told by their surrogacy centers to return to Ukraine when they are closer to their due date to avoid legal complexities when they give birth.
Surrogate mothers in Ukraine are being put in the spotlight at the moment following Russia's invasion of their country. Panicked parents of the babies they are carrying have appeared in the news lately, asking for help to get them out of war-torn Ukraine.